# Kayaker Attacked On Amazon River By Myster Creature--article with video

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**Created:** [March 16, 2024, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kayaker-attacked-on-amazon-river-by-myster-creature-article-with-video/998897 "2024-03-16T03:11:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2024, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kayaker-attacked-on-amazon-river-by-myster-creature-article-with-video/998897/21 "2024-03-17T01:06:38Z")

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It is a “They” creature.

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**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2024, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kayaker-attacked-on-amazon-river-by-myster-creature-article-with-video/998897/22 "2024-03-17T07:48:43Z")

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> [@GrunthosTheFlatulent](#):
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> The splashing in the distance at the end of the video looks fake as hell.

That’s exactly what it looks like when a large fish is startled in shallow water. Just because the guy is in a kayak, it doesn’t mean the water is any more than knee deep.

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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2024, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kayaker-attacked-on-amazon-river-by-myster-creature-article-with-video/998897/23 "2024-03-17T13:33:56Z")

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[![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/3480/4012985416_495037ce9b_b.jpg "Carp at the Linesville Spillway, Pymatuning State Park") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/leonandloisphotos/4012985416)

Carp at the Pymatuning Spillway in Linesville, PA.

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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2024, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kayaker-attacked-on-amazon-river-by-myster-creature-article-with-video/998897/24 "2024-03-17T15:02:45Z")

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Has a bit of a painterly modern art vibe to it, don’t it?

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2024, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kayaker-attacked-on-amazon-river-by-myster-creature-article-with-video/998897/25 "2024-03-17T15:46:35Z")

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Really, really big carp.  
Looks like a really, really big catfish to me.

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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2024, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kayaker-attacked-on-amazon-river-by-myster-creature-article-with-video/998897/26 "2024-03-17T16:23:31Z")

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Hah! It sure does.

ETA: I’ve been there a few times. People toss bread for the fish. Ducks actually walk across the constantly moving fish to eat bread.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2024, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kayaker-attacked-on-amazon-river-by-myster-creature-article-with-video/998897/27 "2024-03-17T17:08:43Z")

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Heh! Catfish.

Love me some catfish.

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2024, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kayaker-attacked-on-amazon-river-by-myster-creature-article-with-video/998897/28 "2024-03-17T18:46:50Z")

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Unless they’ve been eating people.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2024, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kayaker-attacked-on-amazon-river-by-myster-creature-article-with-video/998897/29 "2024-03-17T18:53:47Z")

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They do bark first. You have even chances.

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